Life of Pi is a fascinating story that explores the human condition and the power of storytelling. The unique bond between Pi and Richard Parker, the Bengal tiger, is one of its most distinctive features. The book is recommended for readers who enjoy adventure, survival, and spiritual themes. Many readers have praised the book for its imaginative storytelling and profound message.

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• Booker Prize (2002)
• Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2003)
• Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (2003)
• Deutscher Buchpreis (German Book Prize) for Belletristik (2004)
• Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général Nominee for Fiction (2001)
• Lincoln Award Nominee (2005)
• CBC Canada Reads Nominee (2003)
• Luisterboek Award Nominee (2015)
• QWF (Quebec Writer's Federation) Award for Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction (2001)
• Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction (2003)

When sixteen-year-old Pi Patel finds himself stranded in a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with only a menacing 450-pound Bengal tiger for company, he quickly realizes that the only way to survive is to make sure the tiger is more afraid of him than he is of it. Finding strength within himself, he draws upon all of his knowledge and cunning, battling for food and shelter, overcoming storms and disasters, and, in the end, making a peace of sorts with both tiger and ocean.

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